US4753032A - Contact poison delivery system - Google Patents

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US4753032A
US4753032A US07/078,841 US7884187A US4753032A US 4753032 A US4753032 A US 4753032A US 7884187 A US7884187 A US 7884187A US 4753032 A US4753032 A US 4753032A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M25/00—Devices for dispensing poison for animals
    • A01M25/002—Bait holders, i.e. stationary devices for holding poisonous bait at the disposal of the animal
    • A01M25/004—Bait stations, i.e. boxes completely enclosing the bait and provided with animal entrances

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  • An object of the present art is to provide the user with a device that has as part of its construction an enclosed wick, coated with a poisoned substance, that has been deeply impregnated into the material.
  • Still another object of the instant invention is to isolate the wick and its containment area in such a manner to preclude the possibility of it being touched by children and non-target species.
  • the instant invention provides a passageway that conforms to the patterns of behavior of an active rodent population by presenting a tight harborage that forms a channel along a wall, similiar to the tight spaces that rodents run and hide in.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a form of containment for the wick that can be positioned within the device for the most effective dispersion of the poisoned substance contained in the wick for the most effective delivery to the target rodent.
  • the totality of the invention is based upon it the ability to place and isolate the wick and wick containment structure in a manner that prevents contact in an unintended manner while forcing the target rodent to traverse the wick containment structure in order to pass through the device and exit the opposing end.
  • FIG. 1 depicts the total structure of the containment system showing the wick containment structure having been placed in a centrally disposed position in relation to the opposing openings at the end of the tube. Depicted are the baffle properties of the wall that surrounds the wick containment structure and that prevent the rodent from traversing the length of the tube without going through the wick containment structure.
  • the wick containment strucutre has been depicted as appearing towards the front of the baffle. This structure may however, be moved to an alternate position in the baffle wall to facilitate placement of the wick containment structure in different shapes of tubes.
  • the distance from the openings at either end to the closest point of contact with the wick, when used in an unbaffled tube, as depicted, will be a minimum of 3 inches, to prevent a child from reaching in and contacting the wick.
  • FIG. 2 is a detail of the centrally disposed wall showing the positioning of the wick containment structure in perspective to the baffle wall and depicting the positioning of the wick within the structure.
  • FIG. 3 is a side view of the baffle wall depicting the relationships between the wick, the containment structure and the wall. Shown in this drawing is the reduced space that the rodent must traverse in order to reach the opposing end and, how this causes pressure to be exerted on the wick, delivering the toxicant on to the coat of the rodent.
  • FIG. 4 is a front view of the baffle wall, again depicting the relationship between the wall and the wick containment structure but, in addition, showing that the containment structure, depicted as a tube that passes through the wall, has an opening, running the entire length of the tube, that allows for the rapid pacement of the wick in the structure and, allows for the easy dosing of the wick with the toxicant.
  • the Contact Poison Delivery System is generally formed as a tubular structure 1 with an optional baffled entrance and egress port at opposing ends.
  • Said tube is divided in its interior by a solid baffle wall 6 that prevents free traverse of the tube structure 1 by a rodent entering either of the opposing portals.
  • the sides of the internal baffle strucutre 6 are formed in a manner 8 so that they provide a flush, tight fit with the interior of the tube.
  • the only breach in said interior baffle 6 in provided by a smaller passageway 10 formed as an interior tube that runs in the same general direction as the main tubular structure.
  • Said tube 10 is designed with a wick 12 in its interior and said wick is impregnated with a toxicant that leaches out as the rodent is forced to squeeze through the reduced space provided by the tube 10 in order to reach the opposing side.
  • the interior baffle wall 6 is actually an independent member that can be placed at various positions within the exterior tube of the Contact Poison Delivery System dependent upon the type of non-target species that might be present.
  • the shape of the interior baffle 6 is dimensioned 8 to fit precisely to the shape of exterior tube structure providing a friction fit that allows said adjustment.
  • the interior passageway tube formed as 10 is restricted in its relationship to the general opening of the exterior tube forcing the rodent, traveling forward in the structure to advance into contact with the toxicant contained in the poison impregnated wick 12 and insuring positive contact and coating of the rodent with said toxicant.
  • FIG. 3 is a side view perspective of the baffle structure 6 that demontrates that the interior passageway tube 10 had been partially cut along the top wall 8 to form an opening for the insertion of the wick 12.
  • This provides a method of rapid fabrication of the interior passageway tube 10 by allowing the wick 12 to be glued to its interior by simply pressing the wick through the extended opening in its length.
  • Also shown is the reduction of the size of the interior baffle 6 in relation to the interior tube structure as formed by the outer dimension of said wall 8 which has been designed for a flush fit in the interior tube structure.
  • FIG. 4 represents a front view of the baffle wall 6, again demonstrating the opening in the interior passageway tube along wall 8 and demonstrates that the interior passageway 10 penetrates the baffle wall 6 from either side to provide an elongated tunnel of reduced dimension that will accomodate the poison impregnated wick 12.
  • This is an especially important feature of the invention as it allows the fabrication of the Contact Poison Delivery System with a wick, the size of which has been determined by the relative toxicity of the material that is to be impregnated into wick 12.
  • the opening formed in the dimensional wall 8 in relation to the passageway tube 10 allows the exposure of the wick 12 for dosing along its entire length with the toxicant after the wick 12 has been placed into the passageway tube 10. This minimizes the potential exposure to the toxicant by the person dosing the wick 12 with the substance and provides for a uniform coating of the wick 12.

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AU23253/88A AU2325388A (en) 1987-07-28 1988-07-27 Contact poison delivery system
EP19880907509 EP0394276A4 (en) 1987-07-28 1988-07-27 Contact poison delivery system
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